Powerful Sentences

Powerful SentencesSHOW what is happening instead of just TELLING
Powerful sentences include many different parts, like:

• WHO
• WHAT
• WHEN
• WHERE
• WHY
• HOW
• ACTION

Directions: Read each of the BORING sentences that just TELL below. Make them more powerful by copying/rewriting the sentence below where it is written, and then adding one part at a time to make it more POWERFUL. If you want, you can color-code the POWERFUL part you added. You can also write some of your own BORING sentences, and leave them for other students to make more powerful. Have fun, and keep them appropriate for school!

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EXAMPLE:

1. The dog jumped.
2. The brown and white dog jumped.
3. When the doorbell rang, the brown and white dog jumped.
4. When the doorbell rang, the brown and white dog jumped for at least 5 minutes.
5. When the doorbell rang, the brown and white dog jumped for at least 5 minutes because it couldn't wait to find out who was behind the door!!




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1. The cat hissed.
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1. The students yelled.
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1. The guy ran away.
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1. The girl laughed.
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1. My dad told a story.
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